Playing local Video content on the Wii U

A quick post on how I got the kids videos playing on the Wii U this morning. I’m running Ubuntu Studio on this computer, but the idea is the same even for Windows, Mac, or BSD. A simple HTTP Server, and mp4 video played through the Wii U Internet Browser.

From the Software Center in Ubuntu I found the server Qweborf, and installed it. Opening it up, I made a http directory on the Desktop, and chose it as the directory to serve. Then I dropped the files in there and started the server.